Ticket printing and delivering machine.



J. M. LIPES.

TICKET PRINTING AND DELIVERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30. 1909.

994,081 Patented May 30, 1911.

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JOHN M. LIPES, DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM A. SHROYER,

OF DAYTON, OHIO.

TICKET PRINTING AND DELIVERING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1911.

Application filed September 30, 1909. Serial No. 520,338.

I Delivering Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ticket printing and delivering machines, and isparticularly adapted for use in small theaters, amusement resorts,refreshment stands, and similar places where tickets are issued topatrons.

The object of the invention is to simplify the structure as well as themeans and mode of operation of such machines whereby they.

will not only be cheapened in construction, but will be positive andrapid in their action, easily operated, and unlikelyto get out ofrepair.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine which willproduce the tickets from a continuous paper web or roll at the time ofsale and will automatically issue tickets in various quantities withoutthe necessity of counting or other supervision by the operator.

A further object is to provide a machine in which the tickets will notonly be produced and issued to the purchaser in the required amount, bywhich an accurate record will be kept of the tickets so produced andissued.

lVith the above primary and other incidental objects in View, as willmore fully appear in the specification, the invention consists of thefeatures of construction, the parts and combinations thereof, and themode of operation or their equivalents, as hereinafter described and setforth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the assembledmachine, removed from the case. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of theassembled machine. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing theoperating lever and connections. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of theassembled machine. Fig. 5 is an interior perspective view of the ticketselling booth or box office showing the printing and vending machine inposition therein. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the tripping mechanismfor the ticket cut-off.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the counter operating mechanism. Figs. 8, 9and 10 illustrate modifications of the machine as hereinafter described.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughoutthe several views.

In constructing the machine there are employed parallel side frames 1connected by transverse tie-bars 2. J ournaled in the side frames 11 isa transverse shaft 3 upon which are loosely journaled a plurality ofoperating levers 4. Intermediate the operating levers 4 there aresecured upon the shaft 3 a plurality of rock arms 5. Each of theoperating levers 4 is provided with a stud, preferably equipped withv aroller, as shown at 6, adapted to engage the rock arm 5 upon thedownward movement of the operating lever 4 to thereby oscillate the rockshaft 3. The construction is such that the operation of any one of theseries of operating levers 4 will cause a corresponding oscillation ofthe rock shaft 3 independent'of the remaining levers which are looselyjournaled on said shaft. The rock arms 5 all operate in unison and withthe shaft 3. Thus, the shaft 3 may be oscillated by any one of theseries of operating levers. Extending transversely of the main frame aretwo revoluble shafts, an operating shaft 7 and the drive shaft 8. Theoperating shaft 7 carries at its extremity beyond the main frame 1 aprinting disk or type wheel 9 having about the periphery thereof aplurality of similar printing plates bearing characters for print ingthe desired tickets. In the drawings, this printing disk is providedwith four plates whereby the complete revolution of the printing disk ortype wheel will produce fourv tickets. Immediately below the printingdisk or type wheel 9 is a platen roll 1Ov suitably journaled in the mainframe 1 and in the bracket 11 suspended on the operating shaft 7.Leading upward and rear ward from the point of impingement of the typewheel and platen roll is a conduit 12 through which the paper stripbearing the imprint of the tickets passes to the discharge orifice.There is provided on the side of the main frame 1 a suitable supportingbearing for the roll 13 of ticket material from which the strip ofmaterial passes under the guide roller 14:, thence between the printingdisk and platen roll and through the conduit.

The printing disk or type wheel is caused to rotate throughout either acomplete rota tion whereby four tickets will be produced or throughout apredetermined portion of complete rotation such as a quarter, a half orthree-quarter rotation thereby producing one, two or three tickets bythe operation of the corresponding operating lever 4. This variablemovement of the type wheel is produced through differently proportionedactuating connections between the operating 1evers and the drive shaft8. Loosely journaled upon the drive shaft 8 are a plurality of revolubledisks 15, one for each of the operating levers 1. Rigidly secured uponthe drive shaft 8 are a plurality of ratchet wheels 16, one for each ofthe operating levers 4; and located adjacent to the correspondingrevoluble disks 15. Each of the disks 15 carries a spring actuated pawl17 engaging the ratchet wheel 16 whereby the revoluble movement of anyone of the disks 15 in one direction will cause a corresponding movementof the ratchet wheels and the drive shaft 8. Each of the disks 15 isprovided with a helical spring 18 located about the drive shaft 8, theone end of said spring engaging a stud 19 in the face of the disk 15,the other extremity of the spring engaging a link 20 extending from thedrive shaft 8 to the tie-rod 2 at the forward upper portion of theframe. The construction is such that each revoluble movement of the diskwhereby the drive shaft 8 will be rotated by means of the pawl 17 andratchet wheel 16 will wind the spring 18 placing it under tensionwhereby the spring 18 will return the disk 15 to normal positionindependent of the drive shaft 8 and ratchet wheel 16 the pawl 17 ridingfreely over the teeth of the ratchet.

In order to rotate the disks 15 each of the disks is provided with astrap or tape 21 secured thereto by a suitable clamp or other fastening21*. The strap or tape 21 passes about the periphery of the disk 15 andis attached at its opposite end to the stud 22 on the operating lever4-. The points of connection of the strap or tape 21 with the operatinglever is different upon each of the levers of the series, the connectingstud 22 with which the tape is engaget l, Leing located at differentdistances from the fulcrumed point or rock shaft The points ofattachment of the tape 21 with the respective operating levers wherebythe operation of the lever will produce one, two, three or four tickets,are indicated upon the lever in Fig. 3 by the characters 1., 11., 111.,and IV. The difference in the points of attachment upon the differentlevers produce different degrees of rotation of the drive shaft 8 whichrotation is transmitted to the printing disk or type wheel by a train ofgears comprising a gear 23 secured upon the drive shaft 8 and rotatingtherewith, which meshes with the idler pinion 24 journalcd on the mainframe 1 and in turn meshing with a pinion 25 on the operating shaft 7which shaft carries the afore-mentioned type wheel. The shaft 7 alsocarries adjacent to the opposite side of the machine a disk 26 having inthe face thereof a plurality of studs 27 adapted to engage with the gearpinion 28 of a counting device 29 and thereby rotate the pinion 28 toregister upon the counting device the number of tickets produced by thetype wheel and issued through the discharge conduit. The counting device29 is of the ordinary type. There is provided in the disk 26 one stud 27for each printing plate carried upon the periphery of the type wheel.

In order to prevent the overthrow of the counting mechanism when rapidlyoperated, particularly upon the key of highest numerical value there ispivoted adjacent to the counting mechanism upon the main frame 1 a belllever 30 carrying in one arm I thereof a stud 31 adapted to engage theteeth of the counter pinion 28 into engagement with which it isyieldingly held by a spring 32. The opposite arm of the lever 30 extendsin such position as to be successively engaged by the studs 27 of thedisk 26. The relation of the two arms of the pawl lever is such that atthe time the stud 31 is engaged with the counter pinion 28 the oppositearm of the lever will likewise be engaged with one of the studs 27 ofthe disk 26 as shown in Fig. 7 whereby the bell lever 30 will bepositively locked against movement, thereby locking the mechanism.However, upon the initial movement of the operating shaft 7 necessary tobring the next succeeding stud 27 into engagement with thecounter-pinion 28, the stud 27, which has been engaged with the pendantarm of the bell lever will be advanced sufficiently to free said arm ofthe lever whereby the lever may be oscillated against the tension of thespring 32 when the counter pinion 28 is engaged by the next succeedingstud and rotated thereby. As the operating stud 27 disengages from thecounter pinion 28 the bell lever 30 will oscillate under the action ofthe spring 32 and reengage the stud 31 with the said pinion and at thesame time the next succeeding stud 27 will engage the pinion arm of thebell lever to again lock the lever and prevent the overthrow of thecounting mechanism. The operating levers at are returned to their normalor elevated position after each operation by the helical springs 33.

In order to insure the completion of the stroke of the operating leverin either di rection, there is provided on each of the operating leversadjacent to its forward end a pivoted pawl 34 freely movable in eitherdirection but yieldingly held in a medial position by a spring Securedto the in-' terior of the case of the machine is a serrated bar 36 overthe serrations of which the pawl 34 freely rides as the operating leveris moved in either direction. The serrated bar 36 is provided withdepressions 37 adjacent to the extremities thereof to be engaged by thepawl 34 as the lever approaches the limit of its stroke in eitherdirection whereby the pawl 34 may be reversed. Thus upon the downwardmovement of the operating lever 4, the pawl 34 engaging with the seriesof the bar 36 will prevent the return or upward movement of theoperating lever until said'lever has been operated to the limit of itsmovement'when the pawl 34, passing into the depression 37 will be freeto assume a reverse position and upon the return movement of theoperating lever 4 by again engaging the serrations of the bar 36 willprevent further downward operation of the lever until ithas beenreturned to its normal position where the pawl 34 is again permitted toreverse. At the upper rear extremity or discharge orifice of the ticketconduit 12 there is provided a shear plate 38 having therein a slot 38through which the ticket strip emerges. Cooperating with the shear plate38 is a cutting blade 39 carriedupon a cut-off lever 40 pivoted at 41 tothe main frame 1. Pivotally connected to the cut-off lever 40 is areciprocating stem or rod 42 passing through a keeper or guide 42 on themain frame 1. Located about the stem or rod 42 is a helical compressionspring 43 hearing at its up per end against the under side of the cutotflever 40 and at its lower extremity against the reciprocating collar 44slidingly mounted upon the stem or rod 42. There is also secured uponthe rod 42 a collar 45. Secured upon the rock shaft 3 and movabletherewith is a bell lever rock arm 46, one extremity of which isbifurcated and extends on opposite sides of the stem or rod 42 and isprovided with bearing heads 47 engaging between the reciprocating collar44 and the stationary collar 45 upon said rod or stem 42. To theopposite extremity of said bell lever is attached a helical spring 48.The construction is'such that upon the operation of any one of theoperating levers 4. the rock shaft 3 will be oscillated, carryingtherewith the bell lever 46 against the tension of the spring 48. Thismovement of the lever 46 will elevate the sliding collar 44 upon thestem or rod 42 and compress the helical spring 43 surrounding the saidrod or stem. This movement of the rock arm and compres sion of thespring 43 will also tend to oscillate the cut-off lever 40. However, thecut-oil lever 40 is held against movement by a detent arm 49 pivoted at50 to the main frame l and having a hook extremity engaging a stud 51 onthe inner side of the cut-off lever 40. The detent arm 49 is held inengagement with the stud 51 by a spring 52. At its lower extremity the"detent arm 49 is provided with a lateral lug or foot 53 adapted to beengaged by a stud 54 projecting from one of the heads 47 of thebifurcated extremity of the rock arm 46. The inter-engagement of thestud 54 with the lug or foot 53 of the detent will not occur until thespring 43 has been compressed substantially to its limit and until thelever 4 has almost reached the limit of its actuating stroke. As theoperating lever approaches the limit of its stroke the stud 54 engagingthe lug 53 will disengage the detent 49 from the stud 51 of the cut-offlever thereby releasing said lever, permit-ting it to spring upwardsuddenly under the impulse of the compressed spring 43, the cuttingblade 39 cooperating with the shear plate 38 to sever the strip oftickets which has been projected through the conduit 12 by the action ofthe type wheel ,9 and platen roll 10. Upon the return movement of theparts to normal the heads 47 of the rock arm 46 engage the rigid collar45 and thereby positively return the cut-off lever 40to normal positionwhere it is again engaged by the detent 49 actuated by the spring 52.

It is to be understood that the advance or the feeding movement of theticket strip through the conduit and beyond the shear plate 38 isaccomplished by the action of the type wheel 9 and platen roll 10bet-Ween which the ticket strip is impinged. It is obvious that insteadof employing a type wheel 9 a plain wheel or disk might be substitutedtherefor and the ticket roll 13 might comprise a continuous strip oftickets previously prepared or printed and merely fed through themachine by the action of the wheel 9 and roll 10 being therebyn'icasured and cut off in proper amounts according to the operatinglever depressed.

One of the primary objects of the invention is to facilitate thehandling of the tickets rapidly and to enable the operator to Wait onmore patrons and make the neces sary change in a given length of timewithout the responsibility of having to handle and count the tickets. Tothis end the machine may be either hand or foot operated or may becombined, bot-h means of operation. To provide for foot operation eachof the operating levers 4 is provided with a pendant link or rod 55pivoted thereto and extending through the base of the machine where itis attached to the pedal 56*. In order to provide for either foot orhandop erations in the same machine the link is provided with thetelescoping section 56 whereby the operating lever and upper portion ofthe link 55 may be moved independcut of the pedals 56 and the connectingportion of the links. In this case, it is desirable to provide springs57 which will tendto hold the pedalsin their elevated position.

In Fig. 5 there is shown the interior of a ticket selling booth or boxoffice in which the printing and vending machine has been installed. Ininstalling the machine the upper surface of the casing is located flushwith the counter so as to become a part thereof and not to interferewith the handling of money. In the upper face of the case is providedtwo glass covered or transparent openings an opening 58 for theobservation of the counting mechanism and an opening 59 through which toobserve the condition of the ticket supply roll. The ticket dischargeorifice (30 is located adjacent to the window 61 of the box officewhereby the tickets may be placed within reach of the patron without thenecessity of being handled by the ticket seller. The location of themachine in the counter of the box office will in no wise interfere withthe cash drawer 62.

By the machine as before described, the ticket seller by operating thecorresponding lever 4 either by foot or by hand. movement will pass tothe patron through the discharge orifice 00 the required number oftickets, one, two, three or four, according to the lever operated and ifthemachine is operated by the pedals 56 the ticket seller has both handsfree to receive money and make change. It is obvious that theseries oflevers may extend indefinitely, thereby providing for any desired numberof tickets by one operation of the corresponding lever.

The printing disk or type wheel 9 may be constructed to print, impressor mark the tickets in any desired manner, but is preferably designed toprint the tickets, and an inking roll (53 is provided for supplying theink to the periphery of the printing disk 9.

In Figs. 8 and 9, which are detail sectional and detail plan viewsrespectively, there is illustrated a modification of the means foractuating the operating parts by the move ment of the operating lever 4.In this modified construction the drive shaft 8 is provided with theratchet wheels 16 similar to the construction before described, but forthe disks 15 of the former described construction there are substitutedgear pinions G4, which gear pinions carry the ratchet pawls l7 engagingthe ratchet wheel 16 as before mentioned. The series of gear pinions 64as more particularly shown in Fig. 9 are of different diameters and areloosely journaled on the drive shaft 8. Secured upon the op eratinglevers 4 are curved rack bars or segmental gears 65 concentric with therock shaft 3. The curved rack-bar 65 of each operating lever 4 is solocated as to intermesh with the corresponding gear pinion 64, therack-bars 65 being located at diiferent distances from the fulcrum ofthe operating levers 4 upon the rock shaft 3 and intermeshing with gearpinions-64 of different diameters will cause different degrees ofrotation of the drive shaft 8 by the movement of the respectiveoperating levers 4 through similar paths of travel. The rackbar of thenumber one operating lever engaging with the large gear pinion will giveto the drive shaft 8 only a limited oscillation while the rackbar of thenumber four operating lever engaging with the small gear pinion willgive to the drive shaft a complete rotation, number two and number threelevers giving respectively half and three-quarter rotations, thecorresponding gear pinions thereof being so proportioned. Motion istransmitted from the drive shaft 8 to the operating shaft 9 by means oftwo intermeshing spur cars 66 and 67. Inasmuch as the drive ShHf t inthis modified construction is rotated in a reverse direct-ion, or theopposite of that first described, only a two gear train will be requiredto transmit the proper motion to the operating shaft 8. Upon the upwardor return movement of the operating levers 4 and due to the springs 33the gear pinions 64 will be returned to normal position independent ofthe drive shaft 8 by the interengagement of the rack-bar 65 and saidpinions. In this construction in order to insure the operation of thelovers 4 to the limit of their stroke in either direction, the rear faceof the rack-bar 65 may be serrated and a plurality of pawls (38, one foreach rack-bar, may be mounted upon the transverse shaft 69. Theactuating spring 70 of said pawls being connected to a second transverseshaft 71, the operation of the pawls being similar to that of the pawls84 previously described.

In Fig. 10 is illustrated a modification of 'the revoluble disk 15 inwhich the disk is shown as provided with a peripheral groove 72 in whichis located a chain or cable 78 to be connected with the operating lever4 in substitution for the tape or strap 21.

From the above description it will be apparent that there is thusprovided a machine of the character described, possessing the particularfeatures of advantage before enumerated as desirable but which obviouslyis susceptible of modification in its form, proportion, detailconstruction and arrangement of parts without departing from theprinciple involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a machine of the characterdescribed, a main frame, a plurality ofmanually actuated operating levers, a revoluble printing wheel, means torotate said wheel throughout complete rotations and differentpredetermined fractional portions thereof by the operation of thedifferent operating levers whereby a predetermined number of impressionswill be made in accordance with the lever operated. 1

2. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, a plurality ofoperating levers, a revoluble printing wheel actuated by said levers toimprint predetermined numbers of impressions on a continuous strip andcuttin devices adapted to sever from the strip the number of impressionsmade by the printing wheel at each operation in accordance with thelever operated.

3. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, a plurality ofoperating levers, printing devices adapted to imprint upo-nacontinuousstrip multiple impressions at each operation of the operating levers andcut off mechanism to sever at. each operation of the machine the numberof impressions imprinted in accordance with the lever operated.

i 4. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, a plurality.of manually actuated operating levers, printing devices common to allthe operating levers adapted to imprint a different number of successiveimpressions upon the operation of each of the levers in accordance withthe lever operated.

5. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, a. pluralityof operating levers, a revoluble printing wheel, means to rotate saidwheel throughout predetermined degrees of rotation including a driveshaft, revoluble disks loosely journaled on the shaft, ratchet wheelscarried by the shaft, pawls carried by the revoluble disks and engagingthe ratchet wheels, and connections between the revoluble disks and theoperating levers differently proportioned. in the case of each leverwhereby the operation of the levers through strokes of equal extent willoperate the corresponding revoluble disks through various degrees ofrotation.

6. .In a machine of the charactendescribed, 'a main frame, a pluralityof operating levers, a revoluble printing wheel, means to rotate saidwheel throughout predetermined degrees of rotation including a driveshaft, revoluble disks loosely journaled on the shaft, ratchet wheelscarried by the shaft, pawls carried by the revoluble disks and engagingthe ratchet wheels," and flexible connections passing about therevoluble disks and attached to the respective levers at differentdistances from the fulcrum points thereof, thereby causing the levers byequal degrees of operation to transmit to the corresponding disksunequal degrees of rotation.

7. In a machine of the character described, a main frame. aplurality ofoperating levers. a revoluble printing wheel carrying a series ofsimilar printing plates and adapted by its rotation to imprint amultiple of duplicate impressions, actuating connections mined point inits path of travel.

between the operating levers and printing wheel whereby the operation ofthe operating levers through equal degrees ofmove; i'nent willcause theprinting Wheel to.v be moved through unequal degrees of rotation andthereby imprint different nurnf. bers of impressions according to thelever operated. I,

8. In a machine of the character described a main frame, a plurality ofoperating'levers, printing devices common toall said:le,- vers, meansfor actuating the printing de -v vices by any one of the leversindependent, of the remaining levers, and whereby each of the leverswill cause the printing devices to imprint a different number ofimpressions.

9. Ina machine of the character described, a main frame, a rock shaftmounted in said frame, a plurality of rock arms secured on the shaft, aplurality of operating levers journaled on said rock shaft, one for eachI rock arm, interengaging means between each lever and its correspondingrock lever .whereby the rock shaft may be oscillated by any oneof theoperating levers independent of the remaining levers, cut off devicesactuated by the movement of the rock shaft, and printing mechanismoperated by the levers to imprint multiple impressions in accordancewith the lever operated.

10. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, a, rock shaftmounted therein, a plurality of operating levers any one of which isadapted to oscillate the rock shaft, cut off devices, an actuatingspring 1 for said devices placed under tension by the oscillation of.the rock shaft,a detent for the cut-oif devices, and means to trip saiddetent as the operating lever reaches a predeter- 11. In a machine ofthe character described, a main frame, a rock shaft mounted therein, aplurality of operating levers any one of which is adapted to oscillatethe rock shaft, cut-off devices, an actuating spring for said devices, adetent retaining the cutoff devices in inoperative position, a rock armon said shaft engaging the spring and adapted by the initial oscillationof the shaft to place said spring under tension and by an additionaloscillation to release the detent permitting the cut-off devices tooperate under the influence of the spring.

12. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, a pluralityof operating levers. a printing device operated by any one of theoperating levers independent of the other levers, and a cut offmechanism also operated by any one of the operating levers independentof the remaininglevers, whereby different numbers of impressions may bemade on ,a continuous strip and such number of impressions severed fromthe strip according to the particular lever oper ated.

13. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, a pluralityof oper ating levers, a support. for a continuous strip of ticketmaterial, means for advancing such strip predetermined distances by theoperation of any one of the levers, the operation of each lever causingthe strip to be advanced a diflerentdistance, and a cut-oft deviceoperated by any one of the levers to sever a length of the strip equalto its advance movement.

14. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, a pluralityof operatinglevers, a support for a continuous strip i of ticketmaterial, means for advancingsuch strip predetermined distancesby theoperation of an one of the levers, a pivoted cutoff lever. a cuttingblade carried thereby, a stem projecting from the eut-ott lever, acompression spring located on said stem, a reciprocating collar on saidstem, a rock shaft mounted in the'main frame and oscillatcd by theoperation of any one of the operating levers, a rock arm carried by saidshaft, said arm engaging the reciprocating collar and moving said collarto compress the spring upon the oscillation of the rock sha'tt, wherebythe cut oft lever will be act nated. to sever the strip of ticketmaterial.

1.). In a machine of the character de scribed, a main frame, a pluralityof operating levers, a support for a continuous strip of ticketmaterial, means for advancing such t ip predetermined distances by theoperai ioaof any one of the levers, a pivoted cutoil lever, a cuttingblade carried thereby, an actuating spring for said cut-ott lever, adetent maintaining the cut-off lever in inoperative position, a rockshaft mounted in the main frame and actuated by any one of the operatinglevers, a rock arm carried by said shaft and adapted upon theoscillation of the rock shaft to disengage the detent from the cut-offlever permitting the lever to move under the influence of the spring tosever the strip of material.

16. In a machine or tnecharacter described, a main frame, a plurality ofoperating levers, printing devices and cut-oft mechanism adapted toimprint upon and sever from a continuous strip of material differentnumbers of impressions according to the particular lever operated.

17. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, a pluralityof operating levers, print-ing devices and cut-0t? mechanism adapted toimprint upon and sever from a continuous strip of material differentnun'ibers of impressions according to the particular lever operated,toot treadles, and links connecting the foot treadles and operatinglevers whereby said levers may be operated by foot n'ioven'ient.

18. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, aplurality'of operating levers, printing devices and cut-ott' mechanismadapted to imprint upon and sever from a continuous strip of material(litterent numbers of impressions according to the particular leveroperated, foot treadles, links connecting the treadles with theoperating levers, and telescopic sections in said links whereby theoperating levers may be operated by hand indepemlent of the foottreadles.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day ofSeptember A. D. 1909.

JOHN M. LIIES.

Witnesses MABEL B. CARR, F. L. WALKER.

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